Residents in Mogadishu have reported a heavy explosion at a tea and coffee shop near the Unknown Soldier’s monument in central Mogadishu. Two sources suggested a suicide bomber as the cause of the explosion; a third source suggested a car bomb. Casualties not yet known. It’s now just before 11pm in Mogadishu.
Another source closest to the scene has just told us that the place where this bomb blast has happened is called Daljirka Daahsoon. He has said that they are fears of multiple casualties.Fatalities have been reported ,with confirmation that it was a car bomb outside a tea and coffee shop in Mogadishu. Sources say some customers were watching EURO2024 game between Spain and England when the explosion occurred.
Police in Mogadishu said five people were killed and 20 others were injured in the attack.
In a statement on its Facebook page, the police confirmed that a car filled with explosives parked outside the Top Cafe caused the explosion.
Police said the car bomb went off at 10:28 p.m. local time.
A survivor of the attack told local media that he was watching the game inside the cafe when the explosion occurred.
The survivor, who spoke anonymously out of fear for his safety, said customers sitting outside the cafe suffered the most casualties.
.Another witness said: "Some of the spectators got injured while trying to jump the perimeter wall of the caf, and others got wounded in a stampede.
The attack comes a day after Somali security forces foiled an attempted jailbreak at Mogadishu’s main central prison after militant inmates using pistols and hand grenades, attacked prison guards.
Authorities said three prison guards and five militant inmates were killed in Saturday’s attack.
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